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inquisitive prompts from a card game called The Ungame: from, “How do you feel when someone calls you names? How do you react?” to, “Do your friends ever try to talk you into doing things that are wrong?” Then they moved on to another student, and another question. “I played Nirvana on my DVD player,” said event organizer and host Professor Mahlon Meyer. “When they heard the music, they stood up and moved. Then when I stopped the music, they quickly found a place to sit down. They all really had a good
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illuminates issues of power, abuse and corruption in competitive sport.“It is truly an honor for us to be welcoming Sarah to campus and for our students and community to hear from such a powerful voice. Sarah’s personal story of abuse and her professional commitment to fighting for victims of sexual abuse are both inspiring and impactful,” said Karen McConnell, Dean of PLU’s School of Education and Kinesiology. This event is part of the annual Diversity and Inclusion Speaker Series held by the Department
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The 2018 Rachel Carson Science and Technology Lecture Posted by: halvormj / March 6, 2018 March 6, 2018 TUESDAY | MARCH 6, 2018 | 7:30PM | ANDERSON UNIVERSITY CENTER – CK @ PLU The Innovation Studies program at PLU would like to draw attention to an important event on campus with much value for our students and faculty: The 2018 Rachel Carson Science, Technology, and Society Lecture. Dr. Pamela Ronald This year’s distinguished speaker is Dr. Pamela Ronald, a Distinguished Professor in the
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for the Performing Arts. Schwartz will perform Christmas selections with the University Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Dr. David Deacon-Joyner, who will play piano with Anton’s quartet, which also includes bassist Clipper Anderson and drummer Mark Ivester. The event will be hosted by KPLU’s Kevin Kniestedt and broadcast live on KPLU. A live video stream will also be available at www.plu.edu/soac/webcast. House doors open at 11 a.m. Early arrival is strongly suggested due to festival seating
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November 3, 2008 Wearing purple to raise awareness about abuse The color purple was dominating the PLU Campus last Wednesday as more than 900 students, faculty and staff wore purple T-shirts in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness month.“I just think it’s really visual and it shows the support of something,” said PLU student Melissa Coch, who organized the event as part of PLU’s Voices Against Violence. They wore them throughout the day and in the evening a few hundred gathered in support
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Center, the Ambassador Chris Stevens Celebration of Service uplifts the life of the extraordinary public servant killed on September 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. The event also uplifts PLU’s Peace Corps Prep Certificate Program, which is currently ranked 4th in the nation for the number of enrolled undergraduate participants. The event will also include a Lute Peace Corps alumni panel. The discussion will be facilitated by PLU professor Rose McKenney and feature Margaret Chell ‘18 who served as a
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, reading authors like Meg is especially important.” For pre-lecture reading, event organizers recommend Medina’s acclaimed books “Merci Suárez Changes Gears,” “Evelyn Del Ray is Moving Away,” “Burn Baby Burn,” and Medina’s most recent book “Merci Suárez Cant Dance,” publishing on April 8. “Using children’s literature to introduce, educate, and guide children through difficult subjects is challenging, yet necessary,” says Gardiner. “Meg has mastered this in her own work time and time again, making
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and work with landlords and property managers to get them approved for apartments. What goes into that work? A lot of it is done before the refugees arrive in the country. There is a lot of coordination with volunteers. We work with what we call U.S. ties of the family, so either a close friend or a family member, to determine the best place that we can settle them in. Then it’s about making sure their transition goes pretty smoothly during their first days here – helping them settle into a place
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has completed over the years can be found on their Youtube channel HERE. Nahia Mauri, is also an activist member of Ovejas negras, the first Uruguayan transgender woman sociologist, who graduated from the UDELAR (University of the Republic) in 2019 and the spokesperson for the Coordination of the March for the Diversity of Uruguay (September 2021). Her participation in the TV campaign educating about Law 19.684, the Uruguayan Gender Identity Law approved in 2018, can be seen HERE. Greetings from
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made a special stop at the Harmonie Festival in Limburg, Germany, where they stayed just long enough to gather-up all sorts of hardware. (Anyone bring an empty suitcase?) As part of the four-day international event, the Choir of the West took second place out of 17 groups – earning a gold medal – and the choir’s men’s and women’s earned gold and silver medals, respectively. PLU’s a men’s cappella group, PLUtonic, also earned a gold at the event. The performers are just returning from the trip, so
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